Episodes
By Order of the Fuhrer
January 21, 1978
The first episode of a television drama series based on the occupation by the Nazis of the Channel Islands during the Second World War. This episode focuses on 1940.
The Librarian
January 28, 1978
Part 2: Cecily Brown, the librarian, tries to stop the Nazi destruction of books.
After the Ball
February 4, 1978
The Germans arrange a dance. But the propaganda exercise misfires and a soldier goes on trial.
Steel Hand from the Sea
February 11, 1978
A British landing on Guernsey goes tragically awry.
The Laws and Usages of War
February 18, 1978
British troops attempt an amphibious assault on Guernsey.
'V' for Victory
February 25, 1978
Winter 1940, during the Nazi Occupation of the Channel Islands. The Kommandant orders a crackdown on civil disobedience. A young boy unwittingly aids the Germans.
The Polish Affaire
March 4, 1978
Winter 1940. To counteract cold and hunger, the islanders plan to present an Ivor Novello comedy. But echoes of a death in Latvia seven years ago disturb the plans.
Officers of the Law
March 11, 1978
A new German drug is needed to save the life of a Guernsey boy. Some of the tablets go missing.
The Jerrybag
March 18, 1978
A German soldier and an Island girl fall in love.
Treason
March 25, 1978
A German general arrives on a secret mission.
Pains and Penalties
April 1, 1978
Edward Bree and his mother are evicted to make way for a gun emplacement.
The Prussian Officer
April 8, 1978
A new adjutant arrives. He knows something about Reinicke's past.
Judgement of Solomon
April 15, 1978
Last programme in the first season. A British destroyer has been sunk by a new, fast German torpedo boat. Clare Martel and Petere Porteous are determined top get details of the vessel to London.
